The Prodigal Returns to a Michigan Farm
William Whittlesy leaves Michigan after twenty years in Colorado amassing wealth, returns incognito seeking his family. He finds the old farm unchanged yet learns his mother died, his father remarried, and the new couple claim no relation. He departs westward in sorrow, unsure of his blood ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra
Lucy Whittlesy
Wiliam
John
Oakland County
William
Fic
Green’s
Indies
Whittlesy
William Whittlesy
Colorado
Whittlesys
Chicago
Michigan
William Whittles
Ife
George
Detroit Free Press
A Romany Monarch Crowned at Kirk Yetholm Green
A Romany king named Charles Blythe Rutherford was crowned in a ceremony at Kirk Yetholm Green attended by many spectators. He is proclaimed Earl of Little Egypt, with the archbishop Mr Gladstone, the village blacksmith, performing the crowning in Romany tongue. The event included a procession, sports, dinner and dancing, tying to Romany royal lineage and historic ties to Egypt.
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Kirk Yetholm Green
Charles Blythe Rutherford
Little Egypt
Prince Charlie
Kirk Yetholm
Fan
Blythe
Rutherford
Esther
Yetholm
Charles
Mr. Gladstone
Egypt
James VI
Scotland
Johanne Law
Erle
Little
James
London Daily Mail
Fragmentary Verse Exchange Highlights Frustration
A clipped dialogue shows a tense exchange where one person longs to be a book the other holds. The speaker wishes silence from criticism as others remark that something feels off. The scene hints at strained communication and emotional overload.
The Lord shut him in sermon to the shut in
The preacher likens Noah's Ark and the flood to modern illness and confinement, urging shut ins to see divine purpose in seclusion. He argues God designs trials for betterment, grants comfort through Christ, and highlights unseen audiences of invalids whose faith can inspire others.
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Talmage
Noah
Onealion
New Zealand
Hugh Miller
Shem
Ham
Japheth
Christ
Cooper
Hackman
Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Paul
St. John
John Bunyan
Thomas Carlyle
Andrews
Met
Erie
Heaven
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
David
Abraham
Sarah
Savannah
Martin Liuthe
Luther
Myconius
Myconiugs
Bethlehem
Calvary
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Green
Switzerland
Helvetian Republic
Canton of
Grisons
Italy
the Women In the Ark
Adam
Jared
Enoch
Mount Washington
Satan
Pear Heman
Stev. Dy. Mc Connell
Brooklyy, N.Y
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